The Stealers
The Stealers is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne.[1]
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| Directed by | Christy Cabanne |
| Written by | Christy Cabanne |
| Cinematography | Georges Benoît |
Production company | Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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Plot
As described in a film magazine,[2] Rev. Robert Martin (Tooker) is an ex-minister who has lost his faith because of his wife's faithlessness, and taken up a life of crime as head of a band of pickpockets masquerading as religious workers who ply their trade in the wake of a traveling carnival company. He tries to keep the true nature of his work secret from his daughter Julie (Shearer), but she learns the truth while traveling with his band for a week. One by one the members of the band are regenerated through a renewal of their faith. Stephen Gregory (Miller), the last of the band to find solace in faith, tries upon a wager to induce his friend Mary Forrest (Dwyer) to leave the man she married while he is under arrest and to go with him.
Cast
- William H. Tooker as Rev. Robert Martin
- Robert Kenyon as Robert Martin (while a young man)
- Myrtle Morse as Mrs. Martin
- Norma Shearer as Julie Martin
- Ruth Dwyer as Mary Forrest
- Eugene Borden as Sam Gregory
- Jack Crosby as Raymond Pritchard
- Matthew Betz as Bert Robinson
- John B. O'Brien as Man of Dawn
- Downing Clarke as Major Wellington
- Walter Miller as Stephen Gregory
References
- Jacobs & Braum p.59
- "Reviews: The Stealers". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 11 (14): 88. October 2, 1920.
Bibliography
- Jack Jacobs and Myron Braum. The Films of Norma Shearer. A. S. Barnes, 1976.
